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A review by thereadinghammock
Vital by Abigail Kelly
dark
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Just call her Abigail Kelly, Queen of Written Easter Eggs. The NPU takes a darker shift in this one, tackling a dual time line in the present day NPU while also telling the story of a couple forged in the heart of The Great War. Heartbreaking, heartwarming, and wholly beautiful.
Have you ever read a passage in a book, but your brain doesn't process it as words written on a page, but as a movie in your brain? Abigail delivers that on multiple occasions in Vital, just absolutely blowing my mind with vivid imagery, poignant storytelling, and such care for detail that I can't NOT find myself falling into the world of the NPU. True to Abigail's "No Break Ups, Only Peril" motto, Josephine and Otto's story will break AND mend your heart, culminating in one of the best fictional art exhibitions I'm so sad I'll never get to see in real life.
Have you ever read a passage in a book, but your brain doesn't process it as words written on a page, but as a movie in your brain? Abigail delivers that on multiple occasions in Vital, just absolutely blowing my mind with vivid imagery, poignant storytelling, and such care for detail that I can't NOT find myself falling into the world of the NPU. True to Abigail's "No Break Ups, Only Peril" motto, Josephine and Otto's story will break AND mend your heart, culminating in one of the best fictional art exhibitions I'm so sad I'll never get to see in real life.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Medical content, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death and Death of parent